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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1899
Page
7
The card lists shipment codes including WaveFraight No 11.81 and Paul Passenger LNG.S5 with accommodations at Des Moines. It also references Ro. 33 Way Freight No 4 and other service entries.
IOGALS /H.B. Cole was at Jewel yesterday on biz. Fred Frirman of Humboldt in town Tuesday. W.H. Foley from Burt last week. Miss Bessie Kerr returns to Ames to school. E.F. Bacon in Madison Dak. Bert Sherman goes to Bancroft for station work. Mrs A.B. Richardson and son Murl visit Eagle Grove. Rev Bellow in town. Howard and Green visit Liver more. George Packard arrives Des Moines to make Renwick home. Foundations and carpentry on several houses. The Banner Hotel raised. new stone foundation. Horses prices up 25 percent since last fall. Matt Baumgartner injured by wagon. Telegraphs and phones expand business offices. Mrs A. Tinklebury injures shoulder. Sorghum and hay trade active. Local politics and speeches noted. Olden's sells fine shoes and knitted goods. Portraits of community life amid growth and minor incidents.
Livermore resident Elizabeth L. McMahon and W P Cole married October 10 1899 in St Paul. Word travels via the Renwick market report with details of their elopement like the absence of a rice shower and the couple's home in Webster City Iowa. The note praises McMahon's community work and Cole's local ties as Hamilton county superintendent.
A letter debates sustaining local stores to keep towns thriving vs Chicago grocers. It argues that patronizing local merchants supports farms, resists reliance on Chicago, and cites town prosperity and mutual exchange as key. Also notes a bank move and local business notices from Renwick, Iowa.
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